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Vital funding to support people with cancer, Australia
7/09/2015
People affected by cancer will benefit from $950,000 in Commonwealth Government funding from new grants, aimed at improving the coordination, accessibility and development of quality cancer support...
Benefit of extending anticoagulation therapy lost after discontinuation of therapy
7/09/2015
Among patients with a first episode of pulmonary embolism (the obstruction of the pulmonary artery or a branch of it leading to the lungs by a blood clot) who received 6 months of anticoagulant...
Half of breast cancers 'could be slowed with a common hormone'
7/09/2015
Research on rescued tumor cells reveals that progesterone receptors alter breast cancer cell behavior by communicating with estrogen receptors, ultimately slowing tumor growth.
More accurate prostate cancer diagnoses offered by sensor chip
7/09/2015
Researchers have developed a new tool for diagnosing prostate cancer that could be more reliable and efficient than current methods utilizing antibodies.
Super graphene can help treat cancer
7/09/2015
Silver is often used as a coating on medical equipment used for chemotherapy. The problem is that this silver coating can break down drugs.
Less intensive chemo avoids irreversible side effects in children's cancer
7/09/2015
Children with a rare type of cancer called Wilms' tumour who are at low risk of relapsing can now be given less intensive treatment, avoiding a type of chemotherapy that can cause irreversible...
Hybrid cells cause chaos around cancers
7/09/2015
Rice University researchers model cell signaling in blood vessels that feed tumorsRice University researchers have built a simulation to show how cancerous tumors manipulate blood-vessel growth...
Disrupting cells' 'powerhouses' can lead to tumor growth, Penn study finds
7/09/2015
Cancer cells defy the rules by which normal cells abide. They can divide without cease, invade distant tissues and consume glucose at abnormal rates.
In a new study of more than 125,000 pregnant women in Sweden, researchers found that the risk of hepatobiliary cancer and immune-mediated and cardiovascular diseases later in life is higher in women...
University of Kentucky study reveals new method to develop more efficient drugs
7/09/2015
A new study led by University of Kentucky researchers suggests a new approach to develop highly-potent drugs which could overcome current shortcomings of low drug efficacy and multi-drug resistance...